Wilson v. State
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from McLennan. Tried below before the Hon. A. J. Evans. The appellant was indicted, tried and convicted at the February term (1869) of the District Court of McLennan county, of the murder of John Johnson. The facts of the homicide and the evidence at the trial are clearly stated in the opinion, so far as it is material to state them.
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Appeal from McLennan. Tried below before the Hon. A. J. Evans. The appellant was indicted, tried and convicted at the February term (1869) of the District Court of McLennan county, of the murder of John Johnson. The facts of the homicide and the evidence at the trial are clearly stated in the opinion, so far as it is material to state them. But in order to elucidate the ruling with reference to the grand jury by whom the indictment was preferred, it is deemed advisable to exhibit a copy of the order made by the court below, on the resumption of its functions by the grand jury. The order was…
1Opinion of the CourtLindsay, J.
At a term of the District Court of McLennan county, begun on the 30th day of Movember, 1868, and ending on the 27th day of February, 1869, the grand jury returned into court a bill of indictment against Jake Wilson, the appellant, for the murder of John Johnson, on the 12th day of Jan-*114nary, 1869. The accused was arrested and put upon his trial at the same term; and, upon the evidence and charge of the court, he was found, by the petit jury, “ guilty of murder in the first degree,” and the judgment of the court was, thereupon, pronounced; from which judgment, the prisoner has appealed to this…
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